Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-27
A CHINESE IMPERIAL OUTFIT.
The wonderful Trousseau OF the
EmperOr,s bride.

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The choice # the bride for the
Young Emperor OF China has at Ia t
been made, and in due time the
daughter Of the Duke OF Choa, the
brother Of the present empress, will
he Empress of the Celestial empire
Although the wedding will probably
not take place before 1889. thou andS
of hands are really busy
with the lady's trousseau and
wedding presents, which have
probably never been equale.i
in wealth at any other court The lol-
low ing, for instance, are the presents
which the young emperor is pre- emit
ing his faucee before their marriage.
after the actual engagement present,
which consists of gold seal, richl,
iulaid with jewels, the handle being
formed by two gold dragons. Up to Il
month previous to e wedding
the laly is presented with ten
liebald horses, with complete trap
pings; 10 Tilt helmets and cuirasses,
100 pieces OF a in of the first quality
and 20 pieces OF cotton material. As
wedding presents, the hri he receives
30 ounces of gol l., 10 600 ounces
(taels) OF silver, 1 gold tea servic',
consisting OF teapot and cup with a
lid, silver tea ser> ice, 2 silver wash
basins, 1000 pieces OF satin Ct
the best qrllty, 20 horses with
oft trappings, 2 saddles for pack
horses and mules. The parents Of
the lady receive 100 ounces of gold,
gold tea set, 5000 taels silver, silver
tea set, silver wash basin. 500 pieces
OF silk, 1000 pieces of cotton material
6 horses completely harnessed, a he'll
met and cuirass, d bow and q culver.
with arrows, each parent one court
dress for summer and one
for winter, one everyday
dress and sable coat. The
brothers and servants OF the bride also
receive rich and costly presents. The
BRIDES hats are t e most remarkable
articles among the rich trousseau.
The winter court hat has rim OF ga
BILE; the crown is made of red velvet,
from the center of which rises but
ton composed OF three parts, each Of
which is ornamented with three
obong peatls OF particular beauty,
and seventeen ordinary pearls
while in the centre of each part anoth-
err splendid peal il ct IN gold and sur
mo lnted by gold phoenix. The bu'-
ton is surrounded by seven god phG-
mixes, of which each 10 inlaid with
seven Urge and twenty-one small
PEARLS and II cats eye. At the back
OF the hat, below the button, gold
pheasant is place.! with one eats eye
ard sixteen pearls. The tail OF the
pheasant is divided into five parts of302
small and five la re pearls, forming II
pendant, the centre OF which s made
OF a "llpis lizuli" surrounded with
pearls. At the emil OF the pen liant a
big coral is suSpende Il. A CELLAR is
fastened at the back of the hat, the
outside of which is OF sable, the in
SID OF bright yellow material, with
velvet ribbons embroidered at
the end with diamonds. The three
gala court dresses are of a dark blue
color, with borders of gold EN- 1roid-
cry, and large dragons emb oidered
all over the dresses. while down III
front are sewn in glll thread the
words "Wan-Fu," eternal happiness)
and "Wan-Shon," (eternal llfe.)
The necklaces and chains are O
enormous value, and composed for
the most part OF pearls, torqnoises,
corals aud di monds. A handkerchief
which is worn in the belt is green,
richly embroidered, trimmed with tas-
sells Of jewels aud yellow ribbons. A
gala apron OF red and blue satin.
trimmed with otterskn and embroid-
cred in gold, dragon fans, and skirts
of many different kinds are also part
of this gorgeous outfit, and the furni-
ture for the future Empress is keeping
every trade brisk throughout China
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